Report – Service Plan

Rationale
The purpose of this assignment is to develop a health service plan in order to undertake health service review and development for one clinical stream (or designated services within one clinical stream) for Sydney Local Health District.

Task
The health service plan will undertake health service review and development for one clinical stream for Sydney Local Health District, based on a choice of a series of options from three clinical position papers. These are:
 

 Sydney Local Health District (2013). Cancer Services Clinical Stream Position Paper. 2
 Sydney Local Health District (2013). Women’s Health, Neonatology and Paediatrics Clinical
Stream Position Paper.
3
 •Sydney Local Health District (2015). Oral Health Clinical Stream Position Paper.4
Sydney Local Health District has made the Clinical Stream Position papers available on its web
site, and these papers include sufficient information to prepare a Health Service Plan (HSP).
 

However, the clinical streams are very large, and therefore students are to choose one of the specific topics for their plan:
 Cancer Services
 Palliative Care Services
 Women’s Health, Neonatology (including benign Gynaecology)
 Paediatric Services
 Oral Health Services.
 

A health service plan needs to address services across the continuum of care, including primary and secondary prevention, inpatient care, restorative care and management of ongoing health.

2 Sydney Local Health District (2013). Cancer Services Clinical Stream Position Paper.
2
Retrieved from:
https://www.slhd.nsw.gov.au/planning/pdf/SLHD_Cancer_Services_Clinical_Stream_Position_Paper_April_2
013_FINAL.pdf
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Sydney Local Health District (2013). Women’s Health, Neonatology and Paediatrics Clinical Stream
Position Paper.
Retrieved from:
http://www.slhd.nsw.gov.au/planning/pdf/Womens_Health_Neonatology_and_Paediatrics_Clinical_S
tream_Position_Paper.pdf
4
Sydney Local Health District (2015). Oral Health Clinical Stream Position Paper.
Retrieved from:
http://www.slhd.nsw.gov.au/planning/pdf/Oral_Health_Clinical_Stream_Position_Paper.pdf
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Western Sydney University – Learning Guide
The data included in the source documents do not include inpatient activity projections. Therefore this is not required in the HSP.
The following sections are to be included in the plan:
 Introduction
 Planning principles
 Demographic analysis including relevant population projections
 Needs assessment
 Service profile within Sydney LHD, including Role Delineation Levels and Models of Care
 Current activity levels, including separations and bed days by the facility and across the LHD
 Catchment and reverse catchment profiles
 Situational analysis - Strategic Issues and Priorities
 Future Services Profile by Facility and across the LHD and Proposed Role Delineation
Levels and Models of Care
 Key goals, objectives, and strategies in table format.
 Overarching recommendations and conclusions.